Styles and Themes

Mostly people aren't very good with graphic design. Worksheets with gaudy
colors and unreadable blue-on-green text are common.

Excel has always supported named styles, which can be applied to cells and
ranges. Excel 2007 brings this feature to the forefront by providing a good
assortment of predefined styles, easily accessible by choosing Home > Styles >
Cell Styles.

With the introduction of document themes, Excel 2007 makes it easy to create
good-looking worksheets. A theme consists of a color palette, font set, and
effects. You now have one-click access to a gallery of professionally-designed
themes that can dramatically change the look of your entire spreadsheet-almost
always for the better. Access the theme gallery by choosing Page Layout > Themes
> Themes.

Better Looking Charts

Excel 2007 offers no new chart types, and many of the long-time
chart-related feature requests have been ignored by Microsoft.Excel charts now
look better than ever. For the first time, you can honestly use the term
"boardroom quality" to describe Excel charts.

Page Layout View

As an option, you can display your worksheet as a series of pages. This new
Page Layout view ensures no surprises when it's time to print your work. Even
better, the Page Layout view includes "click and type" page headers and
footers-which is much more intuitive than the old method. Unlike the standard
print preview, Page Layout view is fully functional in terms of spreadsheet
editing.

Excel's new Page Layout view makes it easy to see how your printed work will
appear.